Also true in Singapore. Some contracts can be nastier (e.g. no early termination, just pay the rest), but that may just be an unrelated local difference (I've

Also true in Singapore. Some contracts can be nastier (e.g. no early termination, just pay the rest), but that may just be an unrelated local difference (I've seen the same thing with residential ISP contracts, where there isn't a SIM-locking equivalent).